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Feb 1, 2023 · In conclusion, polypropylene was found to be a safe and effective suture material for use in intradermal suture patterns with clips in dogs and to have an easy and quick application. However, its earlier removal from wounds than poliglecaprone 25 was not associated with a beneficial effect on wound healing and scar appearance.
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Mar 21, 2022 · Historically, throughout much of the 20th century, how we treated dogs for fleas was rather different than today. The type of treatments we use that provide flea prevention now for a month or more at a time and that have no impact on the dog themselves didn’t exist. Today, dog flea treatments usually involve spot-on products or even tablets ...
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Jul 15, 2002 · <p>By the 1980s, there was a paradigm shift toward more positive methods in dog training. Only 20 years before, many trainers felt that dogs had to be “broken” in order to be trained. These changes in thinking matched what was happening in the treatment of people with disabilities and mental health problems. In the 1960s, humans were often treated with shock therapy and the use of aversive ...
Generally, stitches take about 10 to 14 days to heal. Post-Surgery Care Essentials. Immediate Post-Operative Care: Post-operative instructions from your vet are crucial. They typically include guidelines on rest, medication, wound care, and feeding. Monitoring the Surgical Site: Check the stitches daily for signs of infection or irritation.
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Successful obedience training of dogs requires effective use and timing of cues (often referred to as “signals”) alongside reinforcement and/or punishment by dog trainers. Where dog training involves aversive or noxious stimuli, this can lead to punishment if dogs do not behave as desired (1, 2). A growing understanding of the application of learni...
Data were extracted from dog training videos, which were originally recorded as part of a DEFRA funded study (33) collected over a period of 6 months in 2010/11. Details of the recruitment of dogs, the training regimes and video data collection have previously been published (31, 33), so the methods presented here provide an overview with additiona...
Number of Commands, Signals, and Responses
On average 20.3 ± 0.6 commands were given per training session, of which 15.7 ± 0.6 (77%) were obeyed on first command, 4.1 ± 0.2 (20%) obeyed after multiple commands and only 0.6 ± 0.1 (3%) disobeyed. On average the number of signals per training session was 26.8 ± 0.8. The majority of signals were verbal with 17.8 ± 0.8 verbal signals per session (66% of all signals). There were 5.2 ± 0.3 hand signals per training session (19% of all signals) and 3.8 ± 0.4 lead signals (14%). There was no d...
Latency to Respond
Overall, the mean latency to respond to the “Come” command was 1.24 ± 0.05 s, whereas dogs took a mean of 1.64 ± 0.06 s to complete the “Sit” commands. There were significant differences in latency to respond to both the “Come” [F(2, 114)= 5.89; p = 0.04] and the “Sit” command [F(2, 101)= 12.3; P < 0.001] between the training groups (Table 5). For the “Come” command there was a shorter latency to respond by Control Group 2 compared with the E-collar Group. The difference in latency to respond...
Each of the three training groups had successful training outcomes to both “Come” and “Sit” commands. The proportion of responses that were performed following first command was high in all three groups, and the proportion of disobeys was low throughout the study and did not differ between training groups. These findings are consistent with owner s...
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.
The animal study was reviewed and approved by University of Lincoln Research Ethics Committee. Written informed consent was obtained from the owners for the participation of their animals in this study.
LC undertook video observation and behavioral coding of the training videos, as well as initial statistical analysis, and led the writing of the main article. JC and DM were LC's supervisors for her Master's thesis, providing support throughout. All authors made similar contributions to the final manuscript.
We would like to thank DEFRA for funding the original study (AW1402A). We would also like to thank University of Lincoln, who provided an alumni support bursary for LC's Master's by Research thesis.
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
The authors wish to thank DEFRA for funding of original project (AW1402A) and ECMA and APDT for supporting the nomination of the best trainers available and support in recruitment of dogs through referrals. We would also thank the dog owners for participation in this study and volunteering their dogs. We would also like to acknowledge Hannah Wright...
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Sep 28, 2023 · There are different types of dog stitches, including simple interrupted sutures, continuous sutures, and staple sutures, depending on the severity of the injury. Proper care is essential when your dog has stitches, including keeping the incision site clean, monitoring for signs of infection, preventing licking or chewing, and restricting activity.
Jun 2, 2016 · They concluded that dogs were domesticated somewhere in Europe or western Siberia, between 18,800 and 32,100 years ago. And genes aside, “the density of fossils from Europe tells us something ...
